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Offline neko_goes_nyaaa

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Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« on: February 29, 2008, 07:12:13 pm »
How many of us are there? Clackamas Mall has remodeled (it's even bigger than Loyd Center and they have this awesome store there now called Unique Imports which sells J-Rock cd's for $12) I'm eventually hoping to move into an apartment across from the mall and was thinking it'd be neat to start a little monthly J-Rock fan meet up thingie in the foodcourt by the Panda Express. Maybe we should put something up on "Meetup.com" or "Yahoo Groups?"
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Re: Portland J-Rock fans meetup?
« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2008, 07:16:54 pm »
by j-rock do you mean gackt and hyde and laruku...
and where do you classify orange range
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Re: Portland J-Rock fans meetup?
« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2008, 07:17:20 pm »
Whaaaaat?! That store has jrock CDs?! Luckily I am going there tomorrow to get my hair cut, so I'm gonna check that out!


And monthly jrock meetings sound awesome~ I live like 5-10 minutes away from the mall so I have no objections to that :D

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Re: Portland J-Rock fans meetup?
« Reply #3 on: February 29, 2008, 07:21:18 pm »
by j-rock do you mean gackt and hyde and laruku...
and where do you classify orange range

From what I could see they had Dir en grey, Gackt, Moi dix Mois, Malice Mizer, Hyde, L'arc en Ciel, Miyavi, and some other stuff I didn't recognize. Also a couple anime soundtracks too. I would classify Orange Range as J-Rap, lol...

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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #4 on: February 29, 2008, 07:44:10 pm »
Oooh, Moi dix Mois. Well, I need to check that store out for sure then also. ^_^


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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #5 on: February 29, 2008, 07:59:27 pm »
Oooh, Moi dix Mois. Well, I need to check that store out for sure then also. ^_^

Hmm I wonder if I'll look suspicious if I went into the store and snapped a picture of the shelves...>___>

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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #6 on: February 29, 2008, 11:07:14 pm »
lol, certainly not. I wouldn't ask you to give away your super secret spy cover, but if you feel so inclined to take a picture, it'd be much appreciated, lol. I never make it out to Clackamas, but if I were to know there is a good source of music there, then that'd be worth the trip.


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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #7 on: February 29, 2008, 11:18:23 pm »
whoooooa.
FOR SERIOUS?
I must check it out.

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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2008, 08:56:30 pm »
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Very small selection...it's behind the counter so I couldn't snap a picture cos the lady was watching me. I asked her if I can go around and look at the CDs but she insisted that I can point out what I wanted and she'd hand it to me tsk tsk so finicky D:< But yeah it's mostly Dir en Grey, Miyavi, Gackt, BoA, Utada, etc etc. Some anime/video game soundtracks as well (the only two I remember were FF and Samurai Champloo, I think)

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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2008, 04:49:33 pm »
The first time I went in there I annoyed the guy because I kept asking to see each cd. (Oooh, lemme see that one! Okay... now that one!) I dunno why they have them all behind the register anyway, unless maybe they're paranoid about people stealing them or something.

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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2008, 07:12:21 pm »
Hmmm, meager selection it sounds like, but I still want to go check it out sometime. Seems like a better option than most record stores around here.


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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2008, 04:59:21 pm »
Gah! I'm so jealous! Eugene doesn't have place that cool. :'( I need to get up there somehow!
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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2008, 12:38:55 pm »
Have you people been to uhajimaiyas lol I hope I got that right lol
the will order any cd for you if its on there list and I have never had any problems
its just a little Takaiiiiiiii $$$$ lol but if you love your bands you don't care lol
I wish we had more choices lol
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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2008, 01:15:51 pm »
we go to uwajimaya's all the time for thier festivals
sad to say they dont have a gackt cd dvd album magazine that I dont already have, exept the one in seatle they have some platinum boxes that are too rich for my blood untill i gets a job,
oh and i want an older copy of mars then they carry, and i dont feel the need for every singal, usaly i they are somthing special like the gumdom one
you can find the stuff a little cheaper on yesasia.com
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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #14 on: June 27, 2008, 09:14:39 pm »
iwent there it was pretty awsome

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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #15 on: June 27, 2008, 11:39:51 pm »
most of what i have is *gulp* downloaded, which is sad because i would buy the cds/songs they used to have a j-music section on i tunes store i thought but i couldnt navigate my way around there anyway -.- but we should totaly meet up its hard for me to randomly spring into a new j-anything band w/o association to an anime
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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2008, 10:12:53 am »
iwent there it was pretty awsome
What? You went there you EMO you should of taken me with you LOL

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« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2008, 04:25:46 pm »
iwent there it was pretty awsome
What? You went there you EMO you should of taken me with you LOL
i didnt want to take you :P

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« Reply #18 on: June 28, 2008, 08:09:57 pm »
iwent there it was pretty awsome
What? You went there you EMO you should of taken me with you LOL
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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #19 on: June 28, 2008, 10:15:35 pm »
most of what i have is *gulp* downloaded, which is sad because i would buy the cds/songs they used to have a j-music section on i tunes store i thought but i couldnt navigate my way around there anyway -.- but we should totaly meet up its hard for me to randomly spring into a new j-anything band w/o association to an anime

Plus imported CDs are expensive

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« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2008, 08:34:03 am »
Plus imported CDs are expensive

yup to that, i tend to treat my stuff as a  collection given the cost of some of the things, tho i got a couple of the albums at a store in japan called book off and got a couple of 38$ albums for 15-20$ 
note I listen to burns of the music, call me crazey but i dont want to get the expencive cds scratched up,
if you decide  to get some albums from kinokunya (say you have a job and plan on getting some things)  there is a way to get the best value for your $$ they have a club card and you get a punch for every 10$ you spend after so much you get a 20% your next album, after that a free album and after that I think its another free album and a card good for 20% off you next 10 cd's you buy, the mebership card is only good for a year so it pays to wait save up and pick a year, and if you have friends buyin just one cd, see if they dont mind if you get their punch, its only good on music and some music related dvds
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« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2008, 12:54:48 pm »
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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2008, 02:45:36 pm »
Plus imported CDs are expensive

yup to that, i tend to treat my stuff as a  collection given the cost of some of the things, tho i got a couple of the albums at a store in japan called book off and got a couple of 38$ albums for 15-20$ 
note I listen to burns of the music, call me crazey but i dont want to get the expencive cds scratched up,
if you decide  to get some albums from kinokunya (say you have a job and plan on getting some things)  there is a way to get the best value for your $$ they have a club card and you get a punch for every 10$ you spend after so much you get a 20% your next album, after that a free album and after that I think its another free album and a card good for 20% off you next 10 cd's you buy, the mebership card is only good for a year so it pays to wait save up and pick a year, and if you have friends buyin just one cd, see if they dont mind if you get their punch, its only good on music and some music related dvds

Ohhh I didn't know they had that lol. Well when I'm in Japan I'll be on the lookout for some sweet deals lol

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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #23 on: June 29, 2008, 11:31:38 pm »
I just went to the Clackamas Town Center website and tried to look up where in the mall is this place. but I did'nt see any location of the store. Is the name of the store really "Unique Imports" or is it something else?
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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #24 on: June 30, 2008, 07:29:04 am »
I wouldn't be able to tell you, but Kyuya Might since she went there already.

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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #25 on: July 01, 2008, 12:41:44 am »
iwent there it was pretty awsome

Please for the love of God, you have to tell me where in the mall that store is!!

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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #26 on: July 01, 2008, 08:40:59 am »
the sanrio stire in ceder mall in beaverton has some sound tracks mostly game, but cheaper then uwajimaya
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« Reply #27 on: July 01, 2008, 09:17:38 pm »
the sanrio stire in ceder mall in beaverton has some sound tracks mostly game, but cheaper then uwajimaya

Okay, but that does'nt really answer my question of if this asian import store exists in Clackamas Town Center or if it's somewhere else.

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« Reply #28 on: July 01, 2008, 09:49:47 pm »

nor should it as i wasn't answering your question, as this is a thread about j-rock I thought people would like to know about another store that has some j-rock

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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #29 on: July 03, 2008, 02:23:00 am »
Unique Imports is on the Barnes and Nobles side, isn't it?
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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #30 on: July 03, 2008, 03:57:50 pm »
Yeah, it's just next Barnes and Noble.... I think. xD

http://www.portswa.com/2nd_floor_map_ctc.htm

On the map it's marked as 'Gifts from Afar' O-o; That's kinda odd.
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Re: Portland J-Rock Fans meetup?
« Reply #31 on: July 04, 2008, 12:16:02 pm »
iwent there it was pretty awsome

Please for the love of God, you have to tell me where in the mall that store is!!
i dont really know where exactly it is but it is called unique imports its kinda hidden but its there